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The word "circulate" as a verb has four main meanings: 1. For liquids, gases, or air to move around in a system, or to cause this. 2. For information, stories, or ideas to spread or be passed from person to person. 3. To send goods or information to people within a group. 4. To move around and talk to different people, especially at a party.

circulate (动词) 1. (液体, 气体, 空气)环流;循环。 2. (故事, 想法, 信息等)传播;流传;散布。 3. (传送, 传递, 传阅)货物, 信息给某人。 4. (尤指聚会时)往来应酬;周旋。

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/sɜ͟ː(r)kjʊleɪt/
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](文章等)传递,传阅,散发 If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
  [be V-ed]
  [V n]
  [V]
  • The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations...

    这份文件先前在纽约的联合国总部传阅过。

  • Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall...

    公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书,要求将他召回。

  • An e-mail is already circulating amongst news staff calling for voluntary redundancies.

    在新闻部员工中已经在转发一封电子邮件,呼吁大家自愿裁汰。

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  • ...an inquiry into the circulation of 'unacceptable literature'.

    对“不良文学作品”的流传进行的调查

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](谣言等)流传;散布 If something such as a rumour circulates or is circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other.
  [V]
  [be V-ed]
  [Also V n]
  • Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned...

    已传出谣言说,该项目可能会被迫取消。

  • I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.

    我特别憎恨那种在人家伤心透顶的时候还在传播的谣言。

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[VERB 动词](在密闭场所或系统内)循环,流转,传播 When something circulates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.
  [V]
  [Also V prep]
  • ...a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs...

    通过血液循环传播、造成多种器官病变的病毒

  • Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.

    做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。

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  • The north pole is warmer than the south and the circulation of air around it is less well contained.

    北极比南极温度高,周围的空气流动也更为顺畅。

  • ...the principle of free circulation of goods.

    商品自由流通的原则

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[VERB 动词](在聚会上)周旋,往来应酬 If you circulate at a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.
  [V]
  • Let me get you something to drink, then I must circulate.

    我给你找点喝的,然后我得去应酬一下。


Oxford cir·cu·late / ˈsɜːkjəleɪt ; NAmE ˈsɜːrkjəleɪt / verb 1 [intransitive ,  transitive ] when a liquid, gas, or air circulatesor is circulated,it moves continuously around a place or system (液体或气体)环流,循环 The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely. 这种病会阻碍血液的畅通循环。 circulatesth Cooled air is circulated throughout the building. 冷气在整座大楼循环。 2 [intransitive ,  transitive ] circulate(sth) if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulatesor if you circulateit, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another 传播;流传;散布 Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems. 有关他财务困难的谣言开始流传开来。 3 [transitive ] circulatesth (to sb) to send goods or information to all the people in a group 传送;传递;传阅 The document will be circulated to all members. 这份文件将在所有成员间传阅。 4 [intransitive ] to move around a group, especially at a party, talking to different people (尤指在聚会上)往来应酬,周旋 circulate circulates circulated circulating cir·cu·late / ˈsɜːkjəleɪt ; NAmE ˈsɜːrkjəleɪt /
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circulatecir‧cu‧late /ˈsɜːkjəleɪt $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to move around within a system, or to make something do this:  Swimming helps to get the blood circulating through the muscles. Ceiling fans circulated warm air around the room.2[intransitive] if information, facts, ideas etc circulate, they become known by many people:  Rumours began circulating that the prime minister was seriously ill.3[transitive] to send goods, information etc to people:  The group circulated petitions calling for a federal law to ban handguns.4[intransitive] to talk to a lot of different people in a group, especially at a party
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circulate

[ˈsɜ:kjəleɪt]circulated, circulating, circulates

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Spoken:

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circulated[582] circulates[203] circulating[1090]
循环(41%),流通(34%),传播(25%)
vt.使循环;使流通;使传播
vi.传播,流传;循环;流通

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